1985–86 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

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1985–86 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
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Illini Classic, Champion
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches #20
AP #19
1985–86 record 22–10 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach Lou Henson
Assistant coach Dick Nagy
Assistant coach Jimmy Collins
Assistant coach Mark Coomes
MVP Ken Norman
Captain Bruce Douglas
Efrem Winters
Home arena Assembly Hall
Seasons
« 1984–85 1986–87 »
1985–86 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#5 Michigan 14 – 4   .778     28 – 5   .848
#16 Indiana 13 – 5   .722     21 – 8   .724
#18 Michigan State 12 – 6   .667     23 – 8   .742
#19 Illinois 11 – 7   .611     22 – 10   .688
Purdue 10 – 8   .556     22 – 10   .688
Iowa 10 – 8   .556     20 – 12   .625
Ohio State 8 – 10   .444     19 – 14   .576
Minnesota 5 – 13   .278     15 – 16   .484
Wisconsin 4 – 14   .222     12 – 16   .429
Northwestern 2 – 16   .111     8 – 20   .286
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985–86 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illiniois.

Regular season

Junior college transfer Ken Norman highlighted the 1985-86 season as he set the school record for single-season field-goal percentage (.641).

Team

No. Player Hometown High School Class Position
10 Tony Wysinger Peoria, Illinois Peoria Central High School Jr. Guard
12 Chuck Keller Effingham, Illinois Effingham High School Sr. Guard
21 Glynn Blackwell Highland Park, Michigan Highland Park Community High School So. Guard
22 Doug Altenberger Peoria, Illinois Richwoods High School Sr. Guard
23 Curtis Taylor Syracuse, New York Fowler High School Fr. Guard
24 Efrem Winters (captain) Chicago, Illinois King High School Sr. Forward
25 Bruce Douglas (captain) Quincy, Illinois Quincy Senior High School Sr. Guard
30 Scott Meents Kankakee, Illinois Herscher High School Sr. Forward/Center
33 Ken Norman Chicago, Illinois Crane High School Jr. Forward
34 Dave Wells Freeport, Illinois Freeport High School Jr. Guard
35 Reggie Woodward Chicago, Illinois King High School Sr. Guard
40 Olaf Blab Munich, West Germany Charleston High School So. Center
42 Jim Green Morton, Illinois Academy of Our Lady/Spalding Institute Sr. Forward
44 Anthony Welch Grand Rapids, Michigan Creston High School Sr. Forward
45 Lowell Hamilton Chicago, Illinois Providence St. Mel High School Fr. Forward
54 Jens Kujawa Braunschweig, West Germany Taylorville High School So. Center

Schedule

Source[2]

Date
Time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Regular Season
11/26/1985*
no, no		 #7 vs. Loyola (Chicago) W 95-64  1-0
 Assembly Hall (13,143)
Champaign, IL
11/26/1985*
no, no		 #7 vs. Hawaii Loa
Hawaii Thanksgiving Invitational		 W 72-45  2-0
 Kaneohe Armory (200)
Honolulu, HI
11/29/1985*
no, no		 #7 vs. #13 Oklahoma
Hawaii Thanksgiving Invitational		 L 57-59  2-1
 Kaneohe Armory (300)
Honolulu, HI
12/4/1985*
no, no		 #12 vs. Wisconsin-Green Bay W 84-34  3-1
 Assembly Hall (13,417)
Champaign, IL
12/6/1985*
no, no		 #12 vs. Eastern Kentucky
Illini Classic		 W 79-56  4-1
 Assembly Hall (13,707)
Champaign
12/7/1985*
no, no		 #12 vs. Utah State
Illini Classic		 W 115-64  5-1
 Assembly Hall (13,980)
Champaign
12/10/1985*
no, no		 #10 vs. Tennessee L 51-54  5-2
 Mabee Center (12,700)
Tulsa, OK
12/14/1985*
no, no		 #10 vs. Houston W 102-92  6-2
 Assembly Hall (15,564)
Champaign, IL
12/21/1985*
no, no		 #15 vs. Missouri
Braggin' Rights		 W 67-55  7-2
 St. Louis Arena (13,106)
St. Louis, MO
12/23/1985*
no, no		 #15 vs. Howard W 67-55  8-2
 Assembly Hall (10,043)
Champaign, IL
12/30/1985*
no, no		 #16 vs. Iowa State W 64-62  9-2
 Rosemont Horizon (9,876)
Rosemont, IL
1/2/1986
no, no		 #14 vs. Minnesota W 76-57  10-2 (1-0)
 Assembly Hall (13,329)
Champaign, IL
1/4/1986
no, no		 #14 vs. Iowa L 59-60  10-3 (1-1)
 Assembly Hall (16,676)
Champaign, IL
1/8/1986
no, no		 #18 @ #2 Michigan L 59-61  10-4 (1-2)
 Crisler Arena (13,609)
Ann Arbor, MI
1/12/1986
no, no		 #18 @ Michigan State L 51-58  10-5 (1-3)
 Jenison Fieldhouse (7,912)
East Lansing, MI
1/16/1986
no, no		 #NR vs. Wisconsin W 73-54  11-5 (2-3)
 Assembly Hall (12,829)
Champaign, IL
1/18/1986
no, no		 #NR vs. Northwestern W 72-46  12-5 (3-3)
 Assembly Hall (13,891)
Champaign, IL
1/23/1986
no, no		 #NR @ Ohio State W 67-65  13-5 (4-3)
 St. John Arena (13,071)
Columbus, OH
1/25/1986
no, no		 #NR @ Indiana L 69-71  13-6 (4-4)
 Assembly Hall (17,128)
Bloomington, IN
2/2/1986
no, no		 #NR vs. Purdue W 80-68  14-6 (5-4)
 Assembly Hall (16,412)
Champaign, IL
2/6/1986
no, no		 #NR vs. Michigan State L 80-84  14-7 (5-5)
 Assembly Hall (15,947)
Champaign, IL
2/8/1986
no, no		 #NR vs. Michigan W 83-79 ot 15-7 (6-5)
 Assembly Hall (16,353)
Champaign, IL
2/13/1986
no, no		 #NR @ Northwestern W 75-52  16-7 (7-5)
 Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117)
Evanston, IL
2/15/1986
no, no		 #NR @ Wisconsin W 82-74  17-7 (8-5)
 Wisconsin Field House (10,605)
Madison, WI
2/20/1986
no, no		 #NR vs. #15 Indiana L 60-61  17-8 (8-6)
 Assembly Hall (16,349)
Champaign, IL
2/22/1986
no, no		 #NR vs. Ohio State W 66-62  18-8 (8-7)
 Assembly Hall (16,376)
Champaign, IL
2/27/1986
no, no		 #NR @ #20 Purdue W 81-72  19-8 (9-7)
 Mackey Arena (14,123)
West Lafayette, IN
3/1/1986*
no, no		 #12 @ #4 Georgia Tech W 59-57  20-8
 Alexander Memorial Coliseum (15,148)
Atlanta, GA
3/6/1986
no, no		 #19 @ Iowa L 53-57  20-9 (10-7)
 Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,450)
Iowa City, IA
3/8/1986
no, no		 #19 @ Minnesota W 73-64  21-9 (11-7)
 Williams Arena (13,608)
Minneapolis, MN
NCAA Tournament
3/14/1986*
no, no		 #19 vs. Fairfield
NCAA Tournament		 W 75-51  22-9
 Charlotte Coliseum (-)
Charlotte, NC
3/16/1986*
no, no		 #19 vs. Alabama
NCAA Tournament		 L 56-58  22-10
 Charlotte Coliseum (11,325)
Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Player stats

Player Games Played Field Goals Free Throws Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Points
Ken Norman[3] 32 216 93 226 32 25 24 525
Anthony Welch[4] 32 162 22 147 49 12 18 334
Efrem Winters[5] 32 124 48 183 40 19 15 296
Bruce Douglas[6] 32 118 47 88 199 10 88 283
Tony Wysinger[7] 28 115 39 41 106 2 39 269
Glynn Blackwell[8] 32 94 18 63 53 0 37 206
Scott Meents[9] 32 77 24 89 46 22 17 178
Lowell Hamilton[10] 24 36 16 41 4 6 4 88

NCAA basketball tournament

  • Southeast Regional
    • Illinois 75, Fairfield 51
    • Alabama 58, Illinois 56

[11]

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round Pick Player NBA Club
3 57 Bruce Douglas Sacramento Kings
3 62 Anthony Welch Dallas Mavericks
4 74 Scott Meents Chicago Bulls
4 88 Efrem Winters Atlanta Hawks

[13]

Rankings

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Main article: 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

References

  1. ↑ All-Time Illini Rosters
  2. ↑ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1985-86, FightingIllini.com
  3. ↑ Season Stats pg. 121
  4. ↑ Season Stats pg. 121
  5. ↑ Season Stats pg. 121
  6. ↑ Season Stats pg. 121
  7. ↑ Season Stats pg. 121
  8. ↑ Season Stats pg. 121
  9. ↑ Season Stats pg. 121
  10. ↑ Season Stats pg. 121
  11. ↑ 1986 NCAA Tournament
  12. ↑ List of MVPs
  13. ↑ 1986 NBA Draft
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